The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-28

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| harmony among Indiana Democrats" said ONT
/ of them. ~. G. Shankln ought TO be that man
| But no matter who is to succeed him. Brown
| ought to resign
Industrial AMI Trade Notes.
The Jenney Eec,ric-liehs Company. on Sat
urday, received an order from Manchester, Ind
/ for q 200 incandescent light plant
| Fletcher & Thomas have this week shipped
| one OF their Quaker brick machines to Tyler
| Tex. and another to Decatur, Ala.
| Parties from Kansas City have purchased
| ground near the stockyards on the Westside
| and will erect a large livery and sale stable.
The C. Fl. Black Manufacturing Company
| this week shipped one of its PHYSICIANS pha
etons to ply sclsn practicing in Brazil South
America
Co., manufacturers of tbreshers has sold this
year $4,000 worth OF work, exceeding sales OF
last year $4,000
The Oliver Chilled Pillow Company has com.
menced Shipping it's next years stock to its
Indianapolis distri bctinc house at the rate OF
fifteen carloads per week.
The Abattoir Company is expeuding consider
able money on improvements to its establish
ment and will soon be able TO handle % per cent.
more business than ever before
Parties in Finland. Russia, have written the
Byrkit Shsathing and Lath Company 20 ascer-
tain on what terms they would be willing to dis
in Russia.
c. A. Potts & Co. have. within the last six
months, shipped their disiutegratng machines
for grinding and temperine clay for brick into
thirty-one States, 70 the Canadas, TO Austria
liza. and two to New Zealand
Dean Brothers last week shipped a water sup
ply pump to the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. to be used at Pittsburg and also made
shipments last week to Ohio. Wisconsin, Ten
nessee, Michigan and West Virginia.
One packing firm in this city has nearly
$4,000 worth of poultry stored in it's cold
storage house awaiting the late winter and early
L. A~E~ 49, I1tA g.,
expects to have $40. 900 represented in poultry
in cold storage houses.
Last week the Indiansp olis packing-houses
killed but So 200 hogs against $4,000 in the
cred 21,5oO; Coffin. Greens.reet s. Fletcher.
1900, and Landers & Co, 4, 400. One day OF the
week was unfavorabie for killing.
On Saturday Indianapolis elevators contained
on the corresponding Gay in 1886. The elevators
contain 49, $40 more bushels of wheat than at
this time last year. 1900 fewer bushels of corn
and 127, $50 fewer bushels of oats.
The Indianapolis car-works last week turned
out ninety new cars. forty less than in the week
ending Nov 19. The works were idle on
THANKSGIVING day, and the rainy weather inter
fered more or less with fine drying of the paint
on the cars, which accounts for the decrease.
The season for selling brick is nearing close,
and manufacturers state that there are 90 per
cent fewer bricks to carry over than in the fall
of 1886. The weather has been so pleasant that
building has been carried on to a much larger
extent than usual and this has largely reduced
the supply.
Evans & Co, Inseed-oil manufacturers, are
now daily converting 1900 bushels of faxseed
into oil and oil-meal. For the frst time in the
history of the works, large per cent. OF their
oil meal is used in this country. In years past
most of their product of this character has been
sent abroad.
The American Paper Pulley Company is still
behind with orders. Last week it shipped
one hundred pulleys to Pittsbure; thirty to Au-
gusta' ia. thirty to ST Louis, htteen to Cni-
caeo. and ten to Delhi. n. Y. all to be put 10
use in new manufacturing establishments in
process of building at those points.
The Van Camp Canning Company, on Satur-
day last, purchased the Holmes, Petit s. Brad
shaw packing house. and will at once move its
canning establishment Its business has reached
such proportions that il is necessary to have
larger buildings. Mr. Van Camp states that the
company Will now double the volume OF Its busl-
ness.
The lumber dealers state that they have sold
80 per cent. more lumber this year than in the
corresponding period in 1886. As rule, the
bills have not Deen large, but mostly for five
and eight-room houses, which mechanics and
day laborers have been building for homes.
most of them doing so through the building and
loan associations.
Hetherincton e. Berner have been awarded
the contract to do the iron work for the new ad-
dtion making to the Baptist college In Frank
lin. Ind The building will be &c feet in width
by $50 feet in length and three stories high.
They also have the contract for furnishing the
iron work for the fine business block c. T. Doxey
erecting In Anderson.
Tho steelpulley machine-works have forty
thousand feet of eas-pipe IN their yards, ranging
from TIRES eighths of an inch to eight inches IN
diam eter. They are putting in some new
chinery especially adapted to cutting pipe
desired length. This firm is building fire-lad-
der which, 1t is thought. will be great help to
fremen IN reaching high points on buildings.
Five years ago there were but seven type-
writers in in this city. it is stated by one of
the agents. and there now over three hun
dred and fifty Remington standard pe-writers
and Caligraphs in use. 1t is stated that the sales
of this month will largely exceed those of any
former month. both in the city and State. There
a large number of young ladies learning to
them, and rule they make the best
writer's.
Indianapolis seems to have lost it's prestige as
a horse market Dealers state that so per
cent fewer horses have been sold In this market
who purchased in the spring lost good
many horses from .'inf1nenza," which prevailed
here. The horses often became i'll with the dis
ease after reaching the East, and the buyers
who were so unfortunate with their spriag pur-
chases have stunned this market
The WOODBURY. Sarveu Wheel Company has
placed iron tanks sixteen feet in diameter and
twelve feet in depth near their boilers to hold
the crude oil which they now use for fuel under
part of their boilers The COMPANY has laid a
pipeline from the railroad tracks leading to the
rolling mill TO their establishments, aud the oil
is taken from a tank car through this pipe to
the reservoirs. Then by a simple arrangement,
the oil ia distributed on the fires in quantities
to produce the volume OF heat desired.
This Weeks ADJUSTMENTS.
Charles H. Hoyt's amusing skit, "A Tin Sol
der" which perhaps has a greater popularity
here than any other of Mr.. Hoyt's successes.
will be seen at the Grand tonight, Tuesday and